fringy

An old-fashioned adjective meaning 'bordering on the edge' or 'peripheral'; rarely used in modern English.

• 🇩🇪Veraltetes Adjektiv mit der Bedeutung 'am Rand befindlich' oder 'peripher'; wird im modernen Englischen selten verwendet.

1. At or constituting a border or edge C1 formal

   Relating to or located on the fringe, margin, or periphery of something.

   • The fringy areas of the city are less developed.
   • They lived in a fringy neighborhood on the outskirts.
   • The plant grows in fringy habitats near the forest edge.

   🇩🇪Am Rand gelegen

   Synonyme: borderlinefrontiermarginaloutlyingperipheral

   Antonyme: centralinnerinteriormiddle

• fringier comparative form
• fringiest superlative form